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Superettan
Superettan logo.svg
Founded 2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Country Sweden
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Relegation to Ettan
Domestic cup(s) Svenska Cupen
International cup(s) Europa Conference League (Winning Svenska Cupen)
Current champions Västerås SK
(2023)
Most championships Kalmar FF
Östers IF
Mjällby AIF
IF Brommapojkarna
(2 titles)
TV partners Eurosport

Superettan is a professional association football league in Sweden. It is the second-highest league for men's football teams in the country. Sixteen clubs play in Superettan. Teams can move up to the top league, Allsvenskan, or move down to Ettan (Division 1). The season runs from April to October. Each team plays 30 matches during the season.

The Superettan league started in the year 2000. Before that, the second level of Swedish football had different names and formats.

How the Superettan Season Works

There are 16 football clubs in Superettan. The season begins in April and ends in October. During this time, each club plays every other club twice. This means they play one game at their home stadium and one game at the other team's stadium. In total, each team plays 30 games.

At the end of the season, the top two teams in Superettan get promoted. This means they move up to play in Allsvenskan, which is Sweden's highest football league. The two teams that finish last in Allsvenskan move down to Superettan.

The team that finishes third in Superettan gets a chance to move up. They play a special play-off match against the third-lowest team from Allsvenskan. The winner of this match gets to play in Allsvenskan next season.

Also, the two teams that finish lowest in Superettan move down to Division 1. In their place, the two winning teams from Division 1 move up to Superettan. The teams that finish third and fourth lowest in Superettan also play play-off matches. They compete against the second-placed teams from Division 1. The winners of these play-offs stay in Superettan or get promoted to it.

Watching Superettan on TV

Discovery owns the TV rights for Superettan. Their channel, Eurosport, broadcasts the matches. This agreement started in 2020 and will continue until 2025.

Teams Playing in 2023

Club Position
in 2022		 First season First season of
current spell		 Number of seasons
in Superettan		 Number of seasons
in second tier
AFC Eskilstuna 8th 2005 2020 16 16
IK Brage 7th 2000 2018 12 55.5
GAIS 1st Div. 1 Södra 2001 2023 12 37
Gefle IF 1st Div. 1 Norra 2001 2023 6 48.5
GIF Sundsvall 16th Allsvenskan 2006 2023 9 43
Helsingborgs IF 15th Allsvenskan 2017 2023 3 24
Jönköpings Södra IF 12rd 2006 2018 15 42
Landskrona BoIS 6th 2000 2021 14 55
Skövde AIK 5th 2022 2022 2 2
Trelleborgs FF 4th 2002 2019 11 22.5
Utsiktens BK 11th 2015 2022 2 2
Västerås SK 9th 2000 2019 11 41
Örebro SK 10th 2013 2022 4 31
Örgryte IS 13th 2007 2016 11 35.5
Östers IF 3rd 2000 2017 16 26
Östersunds FK 14th 2013 2022 4 4

Stadiums and Where Teams Are Located

Team Location Stadium Turf1 Stadium capacity1
AFC Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Tunavallen Artificial 7,800
IK Brage Borlänge Domnarvsvallen Artificial 6,500
GAIS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
Gefle IF Gävle Gavlevallen Artificial 6,500
GIF Sundsvall Sundsvall NP3 Arena Artificial 7,700
Helsingborgs IF Helsingborg Olympia Natural 16,500
Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Natural 5,500
Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Landskrona IP Artificial 10,500
Skövde AIK Skövde Södermalms IP Natural 4,500
Trelleborgs FF Trelleborg Vångavallen Natural 7,000
Utsiktens BK Gothenburg Ruddalens IP Natural 5,000
Västerås SK Västerås Iver Arena Artificial 7,044
Örebro SK Örebro Behrn Arena Artificial 14,400
Östers IF Växjö Visma Arena Natural 12,000
Örgryte IS Gothenburg Gamla Ullevi Natural 18,416
Östersunds FK Östersund Jämtkraft Arena Artificial 8,545
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2019 season

Superettan Statistics

Past Winners of Superettan

Season Winner Runner-up Promotion Playoffs
2000 Djurgårdens IF Malmö FF Mjällby AIF
2001 Kalmar FF Landskrona BoIS Mjällby AIF
2002 Östers IF Enköpings SK Västra Frölunda IF
2003 Kalmar FF Trelleborgs FF BK Häcken
2004 BK Häcken Gefle IF Assyriska FF (promoted)
2005 AIK Östers IF GAIS (promoted)
2006 Trelleborgs FF Örebro SK IF Brommapojkarna (promoted)
2007 IFK Norrköping Ljungskile SK GIF Sundsvall (promoted)
2008 Örgryte IS BK Häcken IF Brommapojkarna (promoted)
2009 Mjällby AIF Åtvidabergs FF Assyriska FF
2010 Syrianska FC IFK Norrköping GIF Sundsvall
2011 Åtvidabergs FF GIF Sundsvall Ängelholms FF
2012 Östers IF IF Brommapojkarna Halmstads BK (promoted)
2013 Falkenbergs FF Örebro SK GIF Sundsvall
2014 Hammarby IF GIF Sundsvall Ljungskile SK
2015 Jönköpings Södra IF Östersunds FK IK Sirius
2016 IK Sirius AFC United Halmstads BK (promoted)
2017 IF Brommapojkarna Dalkurd FF Trelleborgs FF (promoted)
2018 Helsingborgs IF Falkenbergs FF AFC Eskilstuna (promoted)
2019 Mjällby AIF Varbergs BoIS IK Brage
2020 Halmstads BK Degerfors IF Jönköpings Södra IF
2021 IFK Värnamo GIF Sundsvall Helsingborgs IF (promoted)
2022 IF Brommapojkarna Halmstads BK Östers IF
2023 Västerås SK GAIS Utsiktens BK

Top Goal Scorers in Superettan

Season Player Team Goals
2000 Sweden Fredrik Gärdeman Åtvidabergs FF 14
2001 Sweden Daniel Nannskog Landskrona BoIS 21
2002 Sweden Ludwig Ernstsson Östers IF 18
2003 Sweden Göran Marklund FC Café Opera 23
2004 Sweden Stefan Bärlin Västerås SK 23
2005 Brazil Bruno Santos IFK Norrköping 16
2006 Sweden Olof Guterstam
Sweden Stefan Rodevåg		 IF Brommapojkarna
Falkenbergs FF		 17
2007 Iceland Gardar Gunnlaugsson IFK Norrköping 18
2008 Sweden Jonas Henriksson BK Häcken 19
2009 Sweden Marcus Ekenberg
Sweden Mattias Adelstam		 Mjällby AIF
Ängelholms FF		 19
2010 Sweden Linus Hallenius Hammarby IF 18
2011 Sweden Branimir Hrgota Jönköpings Södra IF 18
2012 Sweden Pablo Piñones Arce IF Brommapojkarna 18
2013 Sweden Victor Sköld Falkenbergs FF 20
2014 Sweden Kennedy Bakircioglu Hammarby IF 17
2015 Sweden Fredrik Olsson Jönköpings Södra IF 17
2016 Sweden Shkodran Maholli Åtvidabergs FF 15
2017 Sweden Richard Yarsuvat Dalkurd FF 17
2018 Iceland Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Helsingborgs IF 16
2019 Sweden Erik Björndahl Degerfors IF 20
2020 Sweden Pontus Engblom GIF Sundsvall 20
2021 Sweden Ajdin Zeljkovic Örgryte IS 18
2022 Sweden Viktor Granath Västerås SK 24
2023 Sweden Jesper Westermark Östers IF 17

Top Assists in Superettan

Season Player Team Assists
2001 Sweden Pelle Andersson IF Sylvia 11
2002 Sweden Olle Kullinger Enköpings SK 11
2003 Sweden Tobias Hysén BK Häcken 15
2004 Sweden Daniel Westlin Gefle IF 12
2005 Sweden Daniel Nicklasson GAIS 10
2006 Norway Eirik Dybendal
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence		 IFK Norrköping
Ljungskile SK		 11
2007 Norway Eirik Dybendal IFK Norrköping 16
2008 Czech Republic Pavel Zavadil Örgryte IS 17
2009 Sweden Marcus Ekenberg
Sweden Martin Smedberg-Dalence		 Mjällby AIF
Ljungskile SK		 11
2010 Brazil Daniel Bamberg IFK Norrköping 15
2011 Sweden Tobias Nilsson Falkenbergs FF 12
2012 Sweden Denis Velić Östers IF 11
2013 Sweden Niclas Eliasson Falkenbergs FF 11
2014 Sweden Robert Gojani Jönköpings Södra IF 11
2015 Sweden Dženis Kozica IFK Värnamo 11
2016 Sweden Johan Svahn IFK Värnamo 11
2017 Sweden Petar Petrović IFK Värnamo 12
2018 Sweden Diego Montiel Örgryte IS 14
2019 Sweden Gustav Ludwigson Örgryte IS 9
2020 Sweden Samuel Kroon
Sweden Wilhelm Loeper		 Halmstads BK
AFC Eskilstuna		 11
2021 Sweden Wilhelm Loeper Helsingborgs IF 12
2022 Sweden Oscar Pettersson IF Brommapojkarna 12
2023 Sweden Gustav Lundgren GAIS 12

Top Goalkeepers in Superettan

(Goalkeepers must have played at least 10 games)

Season Goalkeeper Club
 GP GA SV% CS
2004 Sweden Mattias Hugosson Gefle IF 25 17 85 14
Sweden Daniel Örlund FC Café Opera 25 25 85 7
2005 Sweden Daniel Örlund AIK 29 25 80 13
2006 Sweden Fredrik Persson Trelleborgs FF 29 13 89 17
2007 Sweden Lee Baxter Landskrona BoIS 12 12 84 3
2008 Sweden Kristoffer Nordfeldt IF Brommapojkarna 29 27 82 12
2009 Sweden Mattias Asper Mjällby AIF 30 19 87 15
2010 Jamaica Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 21 14 82 13
2011 Sweden Ivo Vazgeč Landskrona BoIS
Jönköping Södra		 25 29 80 7
2012 Sweden Zlatan Azinović Trelleborgs FF 12 19 78 1
2013 Sweden Peter Abrahamsson Örgryte IS 26 31 82 10
Sweden Otto Martler Falkenbergs FF 28 28 82 14
2014 United States Alex Horwath Ljungskile SK 30 25 83 14
2015 Jamaica Dwayne Miller Syrianska FC 13 11 79 6
2016 United States Josh Wicks AFC United 29 16 86 16
2017 Sweden Pär Hansson Helsingborgs IF 15 15 77 6
Sweden Damir Mehić GAIS 29 37 77 9
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023		 No data available

How Many People Watch Superettan Games

Superettan average attendance
Year Average spectators/match
2000
2,066
2001
1,744
2002
1,391
2003
1,672
2004
1,826
2005
3,091
2006
2,105
2007
2,450
2008
1,557
2009
1,880
2010
2,572
2011
2,423
2012
2,456
2013
2,957
2014
3,267
2015
1,623
2016
1,727
2017
2,074
2018
2,278
2019
1,632

In 2019, Superettan games had about 1,632 fans on average per match. The most people ever to watch a Superettan match was 31,074. This happened in 2014 when Hammarby played against Ljungskile.

The year 2014 was the best for attendance in the league's history. This was mostly because of Hammarby's very high average attendance that season.

Teams with the Best Home Attendance

Club with best average home attendance
Season Club Spectators Ref
2004 IFK Norrköping 4,354 [1]
2005 AIK 11,872 [2]
2006 Örebro SK 5,359 [3]
2007 IFK Norrköping 7,354 [4]
2008 Assyriska FF 2,863 [5]
2009 IFK Norrköping 4,306 [6]
2010 Hammarby IF 6,864 [7]
2011 Hammarby IF 7,953 [8]
2012 Hammarby IF 8,463 [9]
2013 Hammarby IF 12,101 [10]
2014 Hammarby IF 20,451 [11]
2015 Östersunds FK 3,857 [12]
2016 GAIS 3,315 [13]
2017 Helsingborgs IF 6,758 [14]
2018 Helsingborgs IF 8,013 [15]
2019 GAIS 2,854 [16]
2020
2021		 No data available
2022 Halmstads BK 3,370 [17]

Images for kids

  • Mohammed Ali Khan

    Mak Lind has been the manager of Norrby IF since December 2017.

  • Ibrahimović

    Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 12 goals in the first Superettan season to help Malmö FF get promoted.

  • Nanny

    2001 top scorer Daniel Nannskog also went on to become top scorer in Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen.

  • Tobias Hysen 20090219

    Tobias Hysén went on to make 34 appearances for the Swedish national team.

  • DanielÖrlund

    Daniel Örlund is one of only two keepers who has had the top save percentage in two separate seasons.

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